Richard J. Burt, 62, of Lititz, passed away at Penn State Hospital Lancaster Medical Center on October 30, 2025. Born in Pensacola, FL to James and Sanda (Stutzman) Burt, he was the husband of Lisa ...

Elaborate tracks, vintage locomotives and quaint villages — train displays can evoke feelings of wonder in young and old alike. When it comes to holiday train displays, interest crosses generational ...

What does it take to keep kids amused? Before the invention of electronic games and smartphones, that was a more complicated question for parents. Burt Meyer provided many of the answers. Meyer, who ...

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Lite-Brite and Mouse Trap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer's creations arrived in the ...

Burt Meyer, the inventor behind iconic toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite, and MouseTrap, has died at age 99 Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and ...

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...

Meyer also created board games like Mouse Trap and Pretty Pretty Princess Lauren A. Little/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle/Getty Famed toy designer Burt Meyer has died at the age of 99 Meyer created ...

Starting in the 1960s, he collaborated on the designs of classic toys like Mouse Trap, Toss Across and Mr. Machine. By Richard Sandomir In the early 1960s, the toy inventor Burt Meyer went to an ...

In interviews, Meyer often drew parallels between aerospace engineering and toy design, saying both required ingenuity and teamwork. (The Strong National Museum of Play via AP) The latest headlines ...

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The inventor behind classic toys like Lite-Brite, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots and many iconic board games has died at the age of 99 after a life of adventure and bringing joy to generations of kids all ...